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Reno Air Race
You all should go and check this out it's a really crazy air race in
Reno. The pilots are awesome! http://www.redbullairrace.com/air.html |
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Shane wrote:
You all should go and check this out it's a really crazy air race in Reno. The pilots are awesome! http://www.redbullairrace.com/air.html Awesome? They use engines. How easy is that? ;-) |
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It's some new thinking about air racing, and the crowds
love it. Might even have some ideas that could be adapted for soaring and bring in some new blood. Ian At 02:43 23 September 2004, Shawn wrote: You all should go and check this out it's a really crazy air race in Reno. The pilots are awesome! http://www.redbullairrace.com/air.html |
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http://www.aerobatics.nl/video.htm
Check the first video and this guy also flew gliders cheers Sander |
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Hmm,
Racing gliders with sustainer engines. Now that sounds exciting! Doug "Ian Cant" wrote in message ... It's some new thinking about air racing, and the crowds love it. Might even have some ideas that could be adapted for soaring and bring in some new blood. Ian At 02:43 23 September 2004, Shawn wrote: You all should go and check this out it's a really crazy air race in Reno. The pilots are awesome! http://www.redbullairrace.com/air.html |
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Hmmm, we all have our predilections..
The Red Bull events [races ? demonstrations ?] kept the competitors close to the spectators, kept them moving dramatically, and showed the progress of the event. A big TV screen fed by real-time downlinked flight data gave a pilot's-eye view of the action as well. The combination of speed against a ticking clock, aerobatic maneuvering over a marked course, and spot landing tasks was imaginative and the crowd did enjoy it. The same imagination and use of existing technology could possibly be aplied to soaring. The engines, or lack of, are not very relevant. Ian At 19:42 23 September 2004, Doug wrote: Hmm, Racing gliders with sustainer engines. Now that sounds exciting! Doug 'Ian Cant' wrote in message ... It's some new thinking about air racing, and the crowds love it. Might even have some ideas that could be adapted for soaring and bring in some new blood. Ian At 02:43 23 September 2004, Shawn wrote: You all should go and check this out it's a really crazy air race in Reno. The pilots are awesome! http://www.redbullairrace.com/air.html |
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Are you saying you walk to your launch point then get pushed of the cliff.
"Shawn" Awesome? They use engines. How easy is that? ;-) |
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Ian Cant wrote in message ...
Hmmm, we all have our predilections.. The Red Bull events [races ? demonstrations ?] kept the competitors close to the spectators, kept them moving dramatically, and showed the progress of the event. A big TV screen fed by real-time downlinked flight data gave a pilot's-eye view of the action as well. The combination of speed against a ticking clock, aerobatic maneuvering over a marked course, and spot landing tasks was imaginative and the crowd did enjoy it. The same imagination and use of existing technology could possibly be aplied to soaring. The engines, or lack of, are not very relevant. Ian I'm sure the crowd was entertained. So were the crowds in Rome, a long time ago... Sorry, this isn't racing, it's a circus act. Wait until the first plane snags one of the pylons and crashes in front of the crowd. Heck, why not just have the planes race though a bunch of hangars and under bridges! Yeehaa! Better yet, give them real guns and have a dogfight inside a giant cage! This is typical of all RedBull events; they are more like video games than anything else - and intentionally so; to appeal to their target audience. Smart marketing. Every year one of those goofy RedBull Suzukis (I think) comes by our gliderport, with a couple of young kids in it trying to get us old geezers (usually sitting aroung the clubhouse, drinking beer, cursing the ultralights in the pattern for making too much noise - there really ought to be a season on those things) to try their product. It's fun to leer at the cute chick while telling her that I never touch the stuff, while imbibing a suitable adult beverage. Ah, the joys of age... Does anyone else find that current airshow aerobatics are boring? I'd rather watch model airplanes - and it's getting to the point where it's hard to tell the difference! What I like is some guy (or gal) in a 450 Stearman or T-6 doing nice slow graceful energy management aerobatics. Acro should be fun to do and ride through, not beat you up! Kirk |
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I dropped in on the operation at Heber, UT, USA last summer and
watched someone in a similar aircraft perform a maneuver I haven't seen before. The pilot slowed to a point of almost hanging on the engine, wings level, the performed three connected pitch poles. Not outside loops, but end over end somersaults while maintaining wings level, with very, very low forward speed. He was too high for me to match his movements with the throttle or see specifically what he was doing with the controls. Anyone acquainted with this maneuver? If so, could you share the particulars? |
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Mal wrote:
Are you saying you walk to your launch point then get pushed of the cliff. "Shawn" Awesome? They use engines. How easy is that? ;-) What's with the quotes? No, I aerotow like the guys who race gliders. Its all soaring after that. To me, Reno races have a NASCAR mentality. Full throttle, turn left (right? whatever), maybe someone will crash, yawn. I'll take glider racing and F1 (better yet F1 motorcycle). As for this Redbull act, I catch a whiff of WWF from it. Shawn |
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